Posted on 07/09/2006 3:03:12 PM PDT by patriot_wes
The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned.
FBI Agent Barry Smith distributed the proposal at a private meeting last Friday with industry representatives and indicated it would be introduced by Sen. Mike DeWine, an Ohio Republican, according to two sources familiar with the meeting.
The draft bill would place the FBI's Net-surveillance push on solid legal footing. At the moment, it's ensnared in a legal challenge from universities and some technology companies that claim the Federal Communications Commission's broadband surveillance directives exceed what Congress has authorized.
The FBI claims that expanding the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act is necessary to thwart criminals and terrorists who have turned to technologies like voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP. "The complexity and variety of communications technologies have dramatically increased in recent years, and the lawful intercept capabilities of the federal, state and local law enforcement community have been under continual stress, and in many cases have decreased or become impossible," according to a summary accompanying the draft bill.
Complicating the political outlook for the legislation is an ongoing debate over allegedly illegal surveillance by the National Security Administration--punctuated by several lawsuits challenging it on constitutional grounds and an unrelated proposal to force Internet service providers to record what Americans are doing online.
One source, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitive nature of last Friday's meeting, said the FBI viewed its CALEA expansion as a top congressional priority for 2007. Breaking the legislation down The 27-page proposed CALEA amendments seen by CNET News.com would:.......
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All Our Web Surf Are Belong To Big Brother!
......and the land of the freeeeeee.....and the home of the surveilled. Arm up people.
Yah... everybody wants big brother or daddy making them safe.. adults protect themselves.
So, we have a Government sub-Agency drafting legislation, is that what I read in this post? (DOJ)
If you've got nothing to hide, then you need not be concerned.
Until it is illegal to be a conservative.
If you've got nothing to hide, then you need not be concerned.
I hide my gonads. Should I still be unconcerned?
Don't say it................
I'm guessing you don't really subscribe to the conservative principal of limited government then.
the proposals for ISPs to log everything everyone does online (every packet basically), for 2 years, are insane. If that's what these proposals are about, I don't support them. that's essentially like mandating every domestic phone call be recorded in blanket fashion.
If they are simply about requiring better "hooks" to allow lawful domestic surveillance, with warrants, that's OK.
So much for switching over to Voip. Don't they still need a warrant to tap your phone?
Looks like some folks missed the obvious sarcasm.
Unfortunately, there are quite a few FReepers who actually believe that load of tripe.
Oh, nothing to hide, right?
Goddamn hippocrites.
All Our Web Surf Are Belong Berong To Big Brother!
BL...When we quote freeper classics let's get the spelling coreect.....[:^)
Anyone who has an expectation of privacy on the internet is an idiot. It's a public highway.
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